“The premier's stance painting all bike clubs, and
motorcycle enthusiasts in Atlantic Canada as criminal is discriminatory
and misleading," Redmond said in a news release.

With health care costs ballooning, no monies for manors and education, why on earth would the premier want to go down this road?Mike Redmond

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He pointed to a Saskatchewan court ruling in 2009 that
found similar proposed legislation had violated a person's right to
freedom of expression.

He added: “We have a premier that spends more time in
the court system defending his misguided legislative decisions than
having open and transparent debates, and after all these are taxpayers
dollars, not his.”

The NDP Leader also wants the premier to disclose how much money the provincial government is spending on legal costs.

“With health care costs ballooning, no monies for
manors and education, why on earth would the premier want to go down
this road?"

NDP Leader Mike Redmond says that Premier Wade MacLauchlan's call to ban the wearing of colours by bikers is unconstitutional.